The see-saw race for the District 34 House seat continued Monday when Democratic challenger Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins recaptured the lead, gaining 28 votes on Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines.
The Alaska Division of Elections counted 86 absentee ballots Monday morning, putting Kreiss-Tomkins at 4,110 votes and Thomas at 4,082. With about two dozen votes left to count, Kreiss-Tomkins said the “statistically sound margin” of his lead is enough to have him feeling good about a victory.